Academic Year/course:
2023/24
416 - Degree in English
27820 - English Literature II
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
27820 - English Literature II
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
416 - Degree in English
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
The main aim of the course is to provide:
1) basic knowledge of 17th and 18th century English literature
2) necessary skills for its understanding and analysis
The aim is for students to acquire a level of literary competence appropriate to the demands of a second-year subject. While increasing knowledge and their ability to understand and analyse the literary production of a specific period, it is also intended to improve their critical and analytical skills and the use of the English language in an academic context.
These objectives are aligned with the following SDGs: 4, 5, 10, 16 and 17.
The subject is based on two compulsory subjects of the first year 27808 and 27806.
2. Learning results
To pass the subject, the student must demonstrate the following results...
Defines and delimits chronologically the different periods in which the English literature of the 17th and 18th centuries is structured.
Argues this periodization considering the historical context and the changes and evolution that literature experiences in each of these periods.
Explains, within each period, which are the most representative genres, as well as the most outstanding authors and works.
Understands and can explain and relate the most relevant formal characteristics and the basic contents of the works included in the programme.
Explains the relationship of these works to both the historical context and the literary context in which they were produced.
Analyses specific poems or fragments of longer works included in the program, correctly managing basic tools for commenting on literary texts.
Expresses and argues own ideas on the topics covered in relation to the literature of the period covered by the subject or with a specific work/author, level B2 of the CEFR.
Uses bibliographical sources to obtain information on a specific topic related to English literature of the 17th and 18th centuries, selects, and synthesizes said information, and presents it in a clear and structured way.
3. Syllabus
Unit 0: Introduction: What is literature?
Section 1: 17th century Literature.
Unit 1. The literature of the early 17th century: Oral poetry. The Metaphysical poets, Katherine Philips, Sir Francis Bacon and the Scientific Revolution.
Unit 2. The Restoration period (1660-1689): Margaret Cavendish, John Milton and Aphra Behn.
Section 2: 18th century Literature.
Unit 3. The literature of the Augustan period (1689-1740): Anne Finch, Mary Delarivier Manley, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.
Unit 4. Advancing further into the 18th century: Thomas Gray, Robert Burns and William Blake. The development of the novel and Laurence Sterne. Mary Wollstonecraft.
4. Academic activities
Theoretical classes: Introduction to the historical and cultural context of each period and presentation of concepts and critical approaches applicable to the analysis of the texts
Practical classes: Individual and group work. Analysis and commentary of the selected texts under the tutelage of the teacher.
Supervised activities: Individual and group tutorials.
Autonomous activities:
a) study of the topics covered in class, compulsory readings, consultation of complementary bibliography.
b) preparation of tasks to be carried out in class.
Evaluation.
5. Assessment system
FIRST CALL
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (100%):
Two partial written tests on each block of the subject (17th c. and 18th c.) whose dates will be set by the teaching staff (80% of the final mark). Each test will consist of:
-Theory (50%, minimum 4.5 out of 10): open questions about concepts key, works and literary styles.
-Practice (50%, minimum 4.5 out of 10): text comment of one of the required readings.
2) A group presentation in class (20% of the final grade) of a theoretical topic-practice agreed with the teaching staff in advance. They will be able to prepare additional material if desired.
To pass the subject, the average of all parts must reach a minimum of 5.
FINAL EXAM (100%): Written test that will consist of a theoretical part of open questions on the topics and works covered in class (50%) and a practical part of text commentary (50%).
SECOND CALL
Final exam (100% of the final mark). The competences assessed are the same as those evaluated in the first call exam.
Assessment criteria (for both calls):
The ability to define and relate concepts, the ability to understand and analyse, and the development of personal interpretations will be valued, in relation to both the more theoretical part of the subject as well as with the more practical part referring to compulsory reading texts.